Bettors are using death threats to try to get The Times of Israel's military correspondent to change his report on a missile impact in central Israel. This is his alarming account
  • a4ng3l@lemmy.worldEnglish
    126·
    1 day ago

    Most cyberpunk read today.

    How that shit is not illegal is beyond me. Gambling is already predatory but outside of sports and in fucking armed conflicts is abhorrent.

    • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      41·
      3 hours ago

      Because Trump took charge of the SEC. The crypto just handles payments - the market itself is centralized and exists with the permission of the state.

      Wake me up when there’s a bet that angers people in power, it gets censored, and someone launches a fully p2p version.

      • GraniteM@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 hours ago

        Crime is legal… to the degree that you are sufficiently connected.

        🔲 - White

        🔲 - Male

        🔲 - Cis

        🔲 - Hetero

        🔲 - Christian (preferably conservative evangelical Protestant)

        🔲 - Politically conservative

        🔲 - Wealthy

        The more of these you can check off, the more crimes are legal.

        “For my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law.”